[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24266-24267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08207]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. 2023-0022]


Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Florida Gas 
Transmission Company, LLC

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA); 
DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: PHMSA is publishing this notice to solicit public comments on 
a request for special permit received from the Florida Gas Transmission 
Company, LLC (FGT). The special permit request is seeking relief from 
compliance with certain requirements in the federal pipeline safety 
regulations. At the conclusion of the 30-day comment period, PHMSA will 
review the comments received from this notice as part of its evaluation 
to grant or deny the special permit request.

DATES: Submit any comments regarding this special permit request by May 
19, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Comments should reference the docket number for this special 
permit request and may be submitted in the following ways:
     E-Gov Website: http://www.Regulations.gov. This site 
allows the public to enter comments on any Federal Register notice 
issued by any agency.
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
     Mail: Docket Management System: U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, West Building Ground Floor, 
Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
     Hand Delivery: Docket Management System: U.S. Department 
of Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, West Building Ground Floor, 
Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, between 
9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.
    Instructions: You should identify the docket number for the special 
permit request you are commenting on at the beginning of your comments. 
If you submit your comments by mail, please submit two (2) copies. To 
receive confirmation that PHMSA has received your comments, please 
include a self-addressed stamped postcard. Internet users may submit 
comments at http://www.Regulations.gov.

    Note:
    There is a privacy statement published on http://www.Regulations.gov. Comments, including any personal information 
provided, are posted without changes or edits to http://www.Regulations.gov.

    Confidential Business Information: Confidential Business 
Information (CBI) is commercial or financial information that is both 
customarily and actually treated as private by its owner. Under the 
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt from 
public disclosure. If your comments responsive to this notice contain 
commercial or financial information that is customarily treated as 
private, that you actually treat as private, and that is relevant or 
responsive to this notice, it is important that you clearly designate 
the submitted comments as CBI. Pursuant to 49 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) 190.343, you may ask PHMSA to give confidential 
treatment to information you give to the agency by taking the following 
steps: (1) mark each page of the original document submission 
containing CBI as ``Confidential''; (2) send PHMSA, along with the 
original document, a second copy of the original document with the CBI 
deleted; and (3) explain why the information you are submitting is CBI. 
Unless you are notified otherwise, PHMSA will treat such marked 
submissions as confidential under the FOIA, and they will not be placed 
in the public docket of this notice. Submissions containing CBI should 
be sent to Kay McIver, DOT, PHMSA-PHP-80, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 
Washington, DC 20590-0001. Any commentary PHMSA receives that is not 
specifically designated as CBI will be placed in the public docket for 
this matter.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    General: Ms. Kay McIver by telephone at 202-366-0113, or by email 
at [email protected].
    Technical: Mr. Steve Nanney by telephone at 713-272-2855, or by 
email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA received a special permit request from 
FGT on March 27, 2023, seeking a waiver from the requirements of 49 CFR 
192.611(a)(3)(iii): Change in class location: Confirmation or revision 
of maximum allowable operating pressure. Section 49 CFR 
192.611(a)(3)(iii) requires a pressure test of 0.667 times the 
alternative maximum allowable operating (Alternative MAOP) for a Class 
3 location.
    This special permit is being requested in lieu of a pressure 
reduction or new pressure tests for Class 1 or 2 to Class 3 location 
changes on four (4) gas transmission special permit segments totaling 
3,135 feet (approximately 0.594 miles). The proposed special permit 
segments have been previously pressure tested to either 1,899 pounds 
per square inch gauge (psig) or 1,900 psig. An Alternative MAOP of 
1,333 psig in a Class 3 location requires a pressure test of 2,000 
psig. The pipe wall thickness and strength meet the requirements of 49 
CFR 192.611(a) for a Class 1 or 2 to Class 3 location change. The 
pipeline segments are as follows:

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                                                                                                                                                                             Current    Required
                                      Outside                            Length                                                   Number      Year      Seam   Alternative     test       test
Proposed special permit segment No.   diameter         Line name         (feet)   Class location change      County, State      dwellings  installed    type   MAOP (psig)   pressure   pressure
                                      (inches)                                                                                                                                (psig)     (psig)
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201350.............................         18  St. Petersburg              703  Class 1 to Class 3....  Hillsborough, Florida          2       1992     DSAW        1,333      1,899      2,000
                                                 Sarasota Connector.
188251.............................         30  West Leg Station 27 to      783  Class 2 to Class 3....  Hillsborough, Florida          8       2000     DSAW        1,333      1,900      2,000
                                                 Ft Myers.
188253.............................         30  West Leg Station 27 to    1,255  Class 1 to Class 3....  Hillsborough, Florida          2       2000     DSAW        1,333      1,900      2,000
                                                 Ft Myers.
188257.............................         30  West Leg Station 27 to      394  Class 1 to Class 3....  Hillsborough, Florida         36       2000     DSAW        1,333      1,900      2,000
                                                 Ft Myers.
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Note: DSAW is double submerged arc welded longitudinal seam pipe. The pipe is externally coated with fusion bonded epoxy coating.

    The special permit request, proposed special permit with 
conditions, and draft environmental assessment (DEA) for the above 
listed FGT pipeline segments are available for review and public 
comments in Docket Number PHMSA-2023-0022. PHMSA invites interested 
persons to review and submit comments on the special permit request

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and DEA in the docket. Please submit comments on any potential safety, 
environmental, and other relevant considerations implicated by the 
special permit request. Comments may include relevant data.
    Before issuing a decision on the special permit request, PHMSA will 
evaluate all comments received on or before the comments closing date. 
Comments received after the closing date will be evaluated, if it is 
possible to do so without incurring additional expense or delay. PHMSA 
will consider each relevant comment it receives in making its decision 
to grant or deny this special permit request.

    Issued in Washington, DC, under authority delegated in 49 CFR 
1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2023-08207 Filed 4-18-23; 8:45 am]
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